\nWhenever it is necessary to establish the expectancy of continued life of any person from any period of the person's life, whether the person is living at the time or not, the table hereto appended shall be received in all courts and by all persons having power to determine litigation, as evidence, with other evidence as to the health, constitution and habits of the person, of such expectancy represented by the figures in the columns headed by the words 'completed age' and 'expectation' respectively:\nCompleted Age Expectation\n0 75.8\n1 75.4\n2 74.5\n3 73.5\n4 72.5\n5 71.6\n6 70.6\n7 69.6\n8 68.6\n9 67.6\n10 66.6\n11 65.6\n12 64.6\n13 63.7\n14 62.7\n15 61.7\n16 60.7\n17 59.8\n18 58.8\n19 57.9\n20 56.9\n21 56.0\n22 55.1\n23 54.1\n24 53.2\n25 52.2\n26 51.3\n27 50.4\n28 49.4\n29 48.5\n30 47.5\n31 46.6\n32 45.7\n33 44.7\n34 43.8\n35 42.9\n36 42.0\n37 41.0\n38 40.1\n39 39.2\n40 38.3\n41 37.4\n42 36.5\n43 35.6\n44 34.7\n45 33.8\n46 32.9\n47 32.0\n48 31.1\n49 30.2\n50 29.3\n51 28.5\n52 27.6\n53 26.8\n54 25.9\n55 25.1\n56 24.3\n57 23.5\n58 22.7\n59 21.9\n60 21.1\n61 20.4\n62 19.7\n63 18.9\n64 18.2\n65 17.5\n66 16.8\n67 16.1\n68 15.5\n69 14.8\n70 8 31.1\n49 30.2\n50 29.3\n51 28.5\n52 27.6\n53 26.8\n54 25.9\n55 25.1\n56 24.3\n57 23.5\n58 22.7\n59 21.9\n60 21.1\n61 20.4\n62 19.7\n63 18.9\n64 18.2\n65 17.5\n66 16.8\n67 16.1\n68 15.5\n69 14.8\n70 14.2\n71 13.5\n72 12.9\n73 12.3\n74 11.7\n75 11.2\n76 10.6\n77 10.0\n78 9.5\n79 9.0\n80 8.5\n81 8.0\n82 7.5\n83 7.1\n84 6.6\n85 and over 6.6\n(1883, c. 225; Code, s. 1352; Rev., s. 1626; C.S., s. 1790; 1955, c. 870; 1971, c. 968; 1997-133, s. 1.)
North Carolina Legal Code
§ 8.46
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